Yes. I take sertraline daily and it helps my anxiety.

Edit some additional info: I tried lexapro and risperidone for about a year each before being put on sertraline. Lexapro made me manic and risperidone made me fat. I'm on 100mg of sertraline daily and that seems ok, I could probably do with tapering down to 50/75 to boost my energy a bit. I was on 150 and was pretty much a zombie.

I have social anxiety. I was in therapy while taking these meds. I find they help my brain slow down so I can analyse my thoughts and not immediately jump into a panic attack when my phone rings.

I do. They helped me not to rot in bed for most of the day. My suicidal thoughts are also mostly gone, among other benefits.

not ssris, but mirtazapine which is an atypical antidepressant. i've probably been on it a decade and i spent many years on various ssris before that.

i'm a very anxious person. before mirtazapine, i had regular panic attacks and i had a lot of trouble sleeping because i was in a constant state of alert. the lack of sleep compounded my mental state and i was unable to function. i'd stay in bed for days or even weeks because it was the only place i felt safe.

with mirtazapine, i can generally sleep fairly well and i'm much more able to function. i still sometimes get panic attacks, i'm still a bit unstable, and i'm still judged to have "limited capability for work". but i eat regularly, i exercise, i clean, and i go out and do things now that i never could before.

Yes.